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Describe your living arrangement.
How do you feel about Ouija boards?
What's your favorite TV show?
What's on your mousepad?
Favourite board game?
Favorite magazine?
Favorite Smell?
Worst feeling in the world?
Best feeling in the world?
Favorite Soundtrack(s)?
What's the first thing that you think of when you wake up in the morning?
Rollercoasters - Scary or exciting?
How many rings before you answer the phone?
Future daughter's name?
Future son's name?
Favorite foods?
Chocolate or vanilla?
Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
Are thunderstorms cool or scary?
What kind of car was your first car?
If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be?
Favorite alcoholic drink?
What's your sign, baby?
Do you eat the stems of broccoli?
If you could have any job you wanted, what would you be?
If you could dye your hair any colour, what would you dye it to?
Have you ever been in love?
What's on your walls?
Is the glass half empty of half full?
What's your favorite drink?
Favorite movies?
Favorite books?
Lefty, righty, or ambidexterous?
Do you type with your fingers on the right keys?
What's under your bed?
What's your favourite number?
Favorite sport to watch?


-- Meghan (faeriebaby@hotmail.com), March 24, 2000

Answers

42? Hitch-Hiker? A bed on the floor? And Empire. Oh, we're cool. We're very, very cool.
As for me - selected questions (the weird ones, that is):
What's the first thing that you think of when you wake up in the morning??
"Oh no. Oh, fuck no. It is too early for this. Hells fucking no. Six AM? Ugh. Snooze button, I love you."
What's your sign, baby?
Aries. I am first in the Zodiac. It's all me! (Birthdate April 1 - yes, I am a fool. Damn proud.)
Have you ever been in love?
Yes. And I never, never seem to get it right.
Favorite Smell?
Patchouli oil - the sweet kids, because the musky ones make me smell like those hamster bedding cedar chips. Not kidding. Give me musky patchouli and I become Hamster Girl. I also adore the smell of Ybor when the incense from Sweeter Charity wafts into the streets. Sandalwood and grime. Memories...

Animate.

-- Julie (ZepFiend@aol.com), March 24, 2000.

Okay, Meghan, I'll give this a shot -- I've left out some questions, but it's still kind of long...

Describe your living arrangement.
  Live with my wife and two teenage children in a house
What's your favorite TV show?
  The Sopranos
What's on your mousepad?
  My mouse, of course... Well, the one I'm using tonight has a picture of Homer Simpson asleep in his chair in the nuclear power plant while melt- down alarms are flashing
What's the first thing that you think of when you wake up in the morning?
  I am up for a while before I do any thinking... stumble downstairs on autopilot, feed the cat (who is insisting at this point that he has been starving for days), start the coffee brewing and drink a big glass of orange juice. About then I start to wake up enough to think. Lately I have taken to checking email while waiting for the coffee to brew, then I bring my wife a cup of coffee and wake her up.
Rollercoasters - Scary or exciting?
  I avoid them, although in younger days I used ot love amusement rides. About a dozen years ago I had somekind of an inner ear infection that knocked my balance totally off... I spent several hours lying on the floor praying that the room would stop spinning and ever since that experience I am afraid of doing something that will upset my inner ears... carousels have been about the wildest ride I've done... except two or three years ago we went to Six Flags New Jersey and my son talked me into going on some mine ride (basically a small roller coaster making very tight turns in the dark inside a "mountain") and I survived it... however, there are no roller coasters in Rhode Island.
How many rings before you answer the phone?
  We have caller id and an answering machine. If I don't see a phone number I recognize on the caller id, I don't answer, just let the machine answer. (I hate telemarketing calls.)
Future daughter's name? Future son's name?
  My oldest (who is 31 years old) is named Adam. My younger two will turn 18 and 15 in May. I had a vascectomy and thus do not expect any future kids. I can't list their names because the younger two have asked that I don't use their real names in my online journal.
Favorite foods?
  I like many kinds of foods (I'd even say I like food too well)... Chinese (Cantonese and Sezchuan), Indian/Pakistani, Thai, Italian are among the various ethnic foods I enjoy. Fish and chips. American food. Stop! I'm making myself hungry.
Chocolate or vanilla?
  Pralines and cream, cookie dough, oh please stop the torture!
Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
  No
Are thunderstorms cool or scary?
  Both. They are really cool and awesome to watch but they can also really fry you.
What kind of car was your first car?
  A 1958 Volkswagen beatle
Favorite alcoholic drink?
  A good beer (usually Killian's, but sometimes Bass Ale or Guinness)... A decent wine (usually drink white zinfandel but I enjoy many different wines)... very rarely drink hard liquor -- maybe a gin and tonic at a big party like a wedding reception -- although years ago I used to enjoy sipping Wild Turkey
What's your sign, baby?
  Taurus
Do you eat the stems of broccoli?
  Yes, of course I do. I also enjoy broccoli both cooked (steamed) and raw.
If you could have any job you wanted, what would you be?
  I really enjoy the job I have now. If I were to move on it would probably be to become a system architect, designing software systems and applications. Or, if this is to be really wild, could I please be a best-selling novelist... or perhaps a top motion picture director?
If you could dye your hair any colour, what would you dye it to?
  I would leave it just the way it is, don't even have any wish to hide the gray. Of course I seem to be alone in this concept. My wife dies her hair. My daughter dies her hair. My son has just bleached his hair for the second Saturday in a row (last week he then dyed it blue; I've no idea what color he will dye it tomorrow. And my eldest has been shaving his head for the past decade but there were times in college when he dyed it various shades of green or purple.
Have you ever been in love?
  Yes... and I am now.
What's on your walls?
  That depends on which room... the walls of our den (which is the room for which I assumed decorating control) are covered with pictures -- some original paintings, some photographs, framed museum posters, and a large number of reproductions of paintings that I've bought in various museum shops in Washington, Boston, London, Vienna, etc. At least thirty pictures; I like walls that are covered with pictures.
Is the glass half empty of half full?
  Half full
What's your favorite drink?
  Water
Favorite movies? Favorite books?
  I'm going to skip these; it would just take too long.
Lefty, righty, or ambidexterous?
  Righty
Do you type with your fingers on the right keys?
  Yes
What's under your bed?
  A spare mattress (twin size). Shoes. Maybe a book or two. And during thunderstorms, our cat likes to hide under there.
What's your favourite number?
   47
Favorite sport to watch?
  I very rarely watch sports on television; when I do it's usually a running event, either track and field or coverage of a marathon. In person? Other than sports where one of my kids is participating? Probably minor league baseball.

Jim


-- Jim (jimsjournal@yahoo.com), March 26, 2000.


Describe your living arrangement. Live with my husband, Walt, in a house which we own, jointly with the bank.

How do you feel about Ouija boards? Never used them. Have been tempted.

What's your favorite TV show? Probably E.R.

What's on your mousepad? Mickey Mouse. It was a gift from my son. But the junk on top of the mousepad includes: a hand held dictation machine, the mouse itself, and 3 pins from The Names Project.

Favourite board game? Trivial Pursuit (give me the show biz questions)

Favorite magazine? Creative Keepsakes.

Favorite Smell? Hmmmm...bread baking. Or roses--the old fashioned kind with a deep aroma.

Worst feeling in the world? Standing at your son's grave.

Best feeling in the world? Love.

Favorite Soundtrack(s)? "The Last Session." (http://www.thelastsession.com)

What's the first thing that you think of when you wake up in the morning? "Do I have any e-mail?"

Rollercoasters - Scary or exciting? Scary. I don't do roller coasters.

How many rings before you answer the phone? Long enough to find out who is calling. 2 rings at least.

Future daughter's name? At my age there are no "future" daughters. My 32 year old daughter's name is Jerilyn Anne.

Future son's name? Ditto with sons. We had sons named Ned, Paul, Thomas, and David.

Favorite foods? Mexican, Chinese or Thai (if it isn't too hot--love a good Pad Thai)

Chocolate or vanilla? Vanilla? What's vanilla? Chocolate rules!

Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? Does my husband count?

Are thunderstorms cool or scary? Definitely cool. Definitely scary.

What kind of car was your first car? I've never had my very own car. The first car my husband and I owned together was a red Pontiac convertible.

If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be? Oprah Winfrey, 'cause I have a GREAT idea for a show and it's the only way I know I would actually get to explain it to her!

Favorite alcoholic drink? Manhattan up with a twist.

What's your sign, baby? Aquarius.

Do you eat the stems of broccoli? Yes. Unless they're too thick.

If you could have any job you wanted, what would you be? Professional Slacker.

If you could dye your hair any colour, what would you dye it to? Same color as Maureen O'Hara in "The Quiet Man."

Have you ever been in love? Yes.

What's on your walls? Photographs. Lots and lots and lots of photographs.

Is the glass half empty of half full? Half full.

What's your favorite drink? Water.

Favorite movies? "A Star Is Born" (the Judy Garland version), "Shadowlands" and most recently, "The Sixth Sense"...but there are a bazillion others that I also like.

Favorite books? Lately, "Tuesdays with Morrie." Also enjoy Patricia Cornwell books, Dick Francis, Robin Cook and books like that. Enjoy biographies as well.

Lefty, righty, or ambidexterous? Lefty.

Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? Yes--and at the speed of light.

What's under your bed? an army of dust bunnies.

What's your favourite number? 7

Favorite sport to watch? Springboard diving, equestrian sports.

-- Bev Sykes (basykes@dcn.davis.ca.us), April 01, 2000.


Describe your living arrangement. with the mom How do you feel about Ouija boards? wouldn't touch one w/ a 10ft pole What's your favorite TV show? felicity What's on your mousepad?nothing its gray Favourite board game? don't have one Favorite magazine? something computer related i'm sure Favorite Smell? rain Worst feeling in the world? depression, emptiness Best feeling in the world? Favorite Soundtrack(s)? swingers! What's the first thing that you think of when you wake up in the morning? its too early Rollercoasters - Scary or exciting? exciting How many rings before you answer the phone? one Future daughter's name? children, NO! Future son's name? Spawn Favorite foods? anything italian Chocolate or vanilla? swirl Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? no Are thunderstorms cool or scary? good What kind of car was your first car? haven't had it yet If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be? Barbra Streisand Favorite alcoholic drink? Daqueris What's your sign, baby? Pisces Do you eat the stems of broccoli? sure why not If you could have any job you wanted, what would you be? manufacturer of sex toys If you could dye your hair any colour, what would you dye it to? blue Have you ever been in love? yes What's on your walls? used to be my writing, but its off now Is the glass half empty of half full? depends, whats in the glass? :P What's your favorite drink? coke! Favorite movies? Mallrats! Favorite books? She's come undone Lefty, righty, or ambidexterous? right Do you type with your fingers on the right keys? right keys What's under your bed? ab roller, word processor, my ex boyfriend. What's your favourite number? 17 Favorite sport to watch? real world! (isn't it a sport? i mean i get tired just watching them fight!)

-- Crystal (cforsley@mail.com), July 22, 2000.

well damn to me. I forgot this board uses html.

sorry ya'll

-- Crystal (cforsley@mail.com), July 22, 2000.



Living Arrangement: Live with mother Ouiji boards: Fun, useless entertainment TV Show: Drew Carey Mouse Pad: Lion Cubs in Outer Space Fav Board game: Monopoly, it's the only one I can play Fave Magazine: Cosmo Fave Smell: Vanilla or sandalwood Worst Feeling: rejection and anger Best Feeling: feelin' special and loved Sountrack: Rocky Horror Picture Show Morning Thought: Uhhhh...damn it......too damn early Rollercoasters: Give me the Vomit Comet, rollercoaters are kids stuff. Phone Calls: Hope it's a telemarketer so I can put them on hold. rings till' I get up off my butt and pick it up.

Daughter's Name: I have no kids, no intention of ever having them. Son's Name: See above answer Favorite Foods: Anything that's a heart attack on a plate Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate Stuffed Animals: No, their little eyes give me the creeps. Really. Thunderstorms: Haven't liked them since I got hit by a tornado. First Car: Dodge Daytona Meet a Person: Teller, author, magician, comedian Fave Drink: Don't drink alcohol Sign: Gemini Broccoli: I love broccoli, I'll eat it all Fave Job: I liked the job I had before as a silversmith Dye Hair: Been there, done that. I'll stick to black from now on. Love: Nope, and have no intention of it Walls: Shelves with greco-roman, chinese, and hindo statues Glass: If it has water or tea in it, I'm drinking it all. Fave drink: Anything with caffeine. I think they should make caffeinated water.

Fave Movie: Too tought to answer. Rocky Horror Picture Show, South Park, Austin Powers, Anything with Robin Williams or Tom Hanks. Fave Book: WHEN I'M DEAD, ALL THIS WILL BE YOURS, by Teller Handed: ambidexterous Typing: chicken peck all the way, but I can type 80 words a minute! Fave #: 2 Sports: Don't watch sports. Waste of valuble time that I could spend on other more important things.

-- Sage RainWillow (sagerainwillow@hotmail.com), February 12, 2002.


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